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I’m not going to bemoan ICT Billet’s choices to move away from the Skool app. I understand the need to focus time and resources with a for profit business. But I am legit sad of the loss of this burgeoning group. Is there any interest in continuing with a new-Skool forum with the current fellowship? Obviously we won’t have the same support but I’ve said ‘be the change you want to see’ so… Anyone? Bueller??

Hello Skool friends, after some serious debate we've decided to shutter this channel and invest the time into our other social media efforts. Good news though! Build of the month contests and prizes will persist via Instagram so keep an eye out for that. Also, we've doubled down on customer interaction on Youtube, FB, IG, and TikTok with a dedicated employee responding to questions on those platforms. So look for the same great community supporting LS and LT swaps on those channels! https://www.youtube.com/@ICTBillet https://www.instagram.com/ictbillet/ https://www.facebook.com/ICTBilletLLC/ https://www.tiktok.com/@ictbilletllc

Had a GM perfomance (caddy race) lifter on the driver side start tapping at first cold start and then go quiet, only to come back between 2-3k rpm. Only 80 miles on fresh build. Removed them from the driver side, and open them all up and found nothing really, some had what looked like dirty oil trapped under the plunger, but the oil was clean in my engine. Only other thing was some strange machining mark inside the body on the bottom left one , pic attached

So tuner came out today and got the firebird road worthy and I must say… it’s pretty dang sweet!! However… the next issue we found was I am getting a lifter tick and oil pressure drop (8psi ish) at idle after the oil temp gets up there (can’t recall how temp he said when we were driving). pressure did come back to 30+ when accelerating. LS3 BTR stage 2 V.2 cam with the stuff deleted, and running Melling 10296 pump with black o ring. Didn’t touch the barbell, doesn’t seem to be foaming the oil, and sadly I’m not absolutely positive the oil sump is 1/4 or so from bottom of pan. I was running Valvoline 5w30 synthetic and the thought was that the oil gets too warm and the oil too thin to essentially lose viscosity? So some suggestions we discussed were: 1. change oil and look for flakes 2. Heavier oil ZR1 20/50 was brought up 3. Interwebs suggests Mobil 1 FS European Car Formula 0W-40 or Pennzoil Platinum Euro 5W-40 4. Oil cooler with thermostatic plate 5. Scrap the car And buy a Prius. I want to hear your thoughts on what you are thinking. I’m sure I’m missing details and will try to fill them in as this gets discussed but I really really really hope to not have to tear this motor out again if I can help it.